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Author: Zach Armstrong


Westside Businesses Transform Into Distribution Hubs and Shelters Amid Devastating Fire

January 14, 2025

January 14, 2025

Local businesses and volunteers transform spaces into shelters, donation hubs, and meal services, stepping up to support evacuees and frontline...

Map Shows Where Palisades Homes Were Destroyed or Spared With Images

January 14, 2025

January 14, 2025

Over 5,300 structures have been destroyed with 12,000 threatened by the Palisades Fire, which has already charred 23,713 acres and...

Gladstone’s Restaurant, Parish of St. Matthew Suffer Partial Damage from Pali Fire

January 9, 2025

January 9, 2025

A host of precious landmarks, institutions and establishments have vanished in flames in the last three days as the raging...

Citizen Reports First Alleged Death in Pali Fire, More than 5,300 Structures Damaged

January 9, 2025

January 9, 2025

By Zach Armstrong The Citizen App reported the alleged first death in the Palisades Fire, just as officials estimated that...

Historic Will Rogers Ranch, Topanga Ranch Motel Wiped Out in Palisades Fire

January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025

The Destruction of These Sites Are Among Many in the Palisades, Where a Multitude of Landmarks and Establishments, in Addition...

Palisades Fire Rips Through 15,000 Acres, Officially the Most Destructive in L.A. History

January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025

By Zach Armstrong The ravenous Palisades fire that started yesterday morning has now grown to encompass 15,832 Acres and has...

Palisades Village Area Unrecognizable As Smoke Clears

January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025

By Zach Armstrong Downtown Palisades is unrecognizable with several beloved businesses and structures now skeletal embers of themselves. In a...

(Photos) Palisades Fire Seen Miles Away by Locals of Venice Beach

January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025

As the 3,000-acre Palisades fire ravages a community miles away, its orange glow and billowing smoke can be seen by...

Here’s What’s Been Damaged After One Day of Devastating, 3,000-Acre Palisades Fire

January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025

An evacuation center at Westwood Recreation Center, located at 1350 S Sepulveda Blvd., is open for evacuees and accepts small...

Authorities Extinguish Small Fire on Side of Marina del Rey Apartment Building

January 8, 2025

January 8, 2025

A Video Posted on the Citizen App Showed Multiple Police Cars on the Scene By Zach Armstrong Deputies extinguished a...